If you're not yet comfortable with writing scripts on Unix and Linux systems, this post might get you off to a healthy start.

Our Linux cheat sheet includes some of the most commonly used commands along with brief explanations and examples of what the commands can do.

The commands we walk through below will work on any Unix-like system, including Linux, Darwin (the foundation of MacOS), FreeBSD, and even Windows with something like Git Bash or the new Bash ...

Ubuntu is one of the most customizable operating systems available. In order to begin to understand the various complexities of the system, you need to become familiar with the most basic commands at ...

I'm posting this here because OS X is my main unix system, though I also use some linux stuff (synology and a ubuntu virtual machine in my mac). I've dabbled with unix off and on for more than 20 ...

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by Adam Harvey When using Linux, you will see words such as 'shell', 'grep', and 'process'. Engineer Carl Riis has learned the meaning and mechanism of such basic Linux terms from various websites ...

Cron is nice and all, but don't forget about its cousin at. When I first started using Linux, it was like being tossed into the deep end of the UNIX pool. You were expected to use the command line ...

That's exactly how both Linux and Unix work. You don't have to worry about this if you use graphical Linux applications on desktops such as GNOME, KDE, or Cinnamon. These desktops come with safety ...

Basic UNIX Regular Expressions The reflector can search for names using a key that is a UNIX basic regular expression. The PUIDNETD_DATA_RE ('r') field value gives the regular expression and some ...